Nursery Grown Wild Flowers 
Early Meadow Rue 
Virginia Cowslip 
Pour-leaved Milkweed 
Mountain Fringe 
Meadow Rue. Early 
The dainty foliage of this plant is an asset to 
any spring garden. The blooms are an inconspicuous 
yellow-green and appear in April and May. Native 
along wooded stream banks, Maine to Alabama. 
Meadow Rue, Fall 
Huge, snowy white, fluffy balls of blooms from 
July to September borne high on graceful stems 
with a multitude of dainty, silvery green leaves 
makes this charming plant a sort of fairy green of 
the summer wild garden. Native of bogs and wet 
meadows, Canada to Florida. 
Mertensia; Virginia Cowslip 
This extremely popular old favorite is ever beau¬ 
tiful. Its blue flowers, which turn pinkish-purple 
with age, appear in April and May and form a 
charming contrast with the large, delicate green 
leaves. It is a native of open, wet meadows from 
New York State to South Carolina. The foliage 
disappears, as do all signs of blossoms, before 
warm weather, so this plant should never be planted 
in an exclusive bed. 
Milkweed, Common 
The purple blossoms, July to September, form an 
excellent color effect in distant meadow. Should 
never be planted in limited garden. Grows from 
Canada to North Carolina. 
Milkweed, Four-leaved 
One of the most delicate and beautiful of all 
summer-blooming woods flowers. White wi th dark 
green leaves. Difficult to transplant. Native of 
deep woods, Maine to Alabama. 
Moneywort; Creeping Loosestrife 
This creeper with its shiny, round leaves is on 
excellent ground cover in many locations. Clear 
yellow flowers appear June, July, or August. This 
plant is naturalized through the eastern United 
States but a native of Europe. 
Mountain Fringe; Allegheny Vine 
A biennial—one of the daintiest and most beau¬ 
tiful of the shade loving vines. Delicate shell-pink 
blooms appear June to October. It is a native 
of moist woods, Canada to North Carolina, west¬ 
ward to Michigan. 
Orchis, Showy 
Dainty, decorative, small orchid growing only 4 
to 12 inches high. Purple and white flowers rising 
from thick, green leaves appear May and June. 
Native of the rich woodlands, Canada to Kentucky, 
westward to Missouri. 
Fall Meadow Rue 
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Common Milkweed 
Moneywort 
Showy Orchis 
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